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Policeman wounded by ‘attacker with sword’

A man was filmed slashing at police officers with a 3ft sword that was later recovered from the scene in a suburban Manchester street yesterday afternoonJOEL GOODMAN/LNP

A passer-by recorded police officers being attacked by a man with a sword in a suburban street yesterday.

Officers were called to reports of a man threatening people with a knife in Whalley Range, Manchester. The suspect, 23, is alleged to have attacked officers with the 3ft blade after being Tasered. A police officer was treated in hospital and released last night.

A man was arrested on suspicion of possession of a bladed article and assaulting a police officer. Haroon Altaf, 34, who recorded the incident on his phone, told the Manchester Evening News that he saw a man running. “He had run into somebody’s front garden and these police officers dragged him out but he’s gone for the officers . . . I think the officers did…

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